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Gad

גָּדִיStrong’s H1425

gadi (ga-di)

Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Gadi is the Hebrew word usually translated “gadite”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.

“For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:”
Numbers 34:14 KJV
Meaning
  1. Spomeone from the tribe of Gad living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.11
How it's translated
  • and to the gadite 6
  • the gadite 4
  • and the gadite 4
  • for the gadite 1
  • and gadite 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Chronicles 5
  • Deuteronomy 4
  • Joshua 4
  • Numbers 1
  • 2 Samuel 1
  • 2 Kings 1

6 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

גָּדִי gadi · Gad

Spomeone from the tribe of Gad living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.11; son of: Israel (H3478) and Zilpah (H2153); brother of: Asher (H0836); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Ziphion (H6837), Haggi (H2291), Shuni (H7764), Ezbon (H0675), Eri (H6179), Arod (H0720) and Areli (H0692) Another name of gad (גָּד "Gad" H1410G) § Gadite = "an invader: a troop: fortune" …

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “gad” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

GAD, noun

  1. A wedge or ingot of steel.
  2. A style or graver.
  3. A punch of iron with a wooden handle, used by miners.
All definitions and other forms of “gad”

    GAD, verb intransitive

    1. To walk about; to rove or ramble idly or without any fixed purpose.
    2. To ramble in growth; as the gadding vine.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.